Education and Qualifications

Career Overview

2013 to present: Professor of History and Head of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University

2010-2013: Director of the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities and Deputy Head of the College of Arts and Humanities, Swansea University

2005-2013: Professor of Welsh History, Swansea University

2001-2004: Professor of Modern and Contemporary Wales, University of Glamorgan

1988-2001: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in History, School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University

Teaching Profile

I teach and supervise broadly in the areas of nineteenth- and twentieth- century British and Welsh history.

Membership and External Activity

Royal Commissioner, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Currently Chair of the Publications Committee, with responsibility for overseeing the Royal Commission’s publications programme (both print and digital). Member of the Archive Committee and the Investigations Committee. Ex-officio member of the Effectiveness Committee.